WHAT WE DISLIKED:

Package and Accessories

Starting with the package and accessories, the HIS 7750 IceQ X Turbo comes in a fabulously designed blue and white theme that sports a refreshing monochromatic look. The front of the box has the critical information, and the most notable features identified are the PCI Express 3.0 compatibility, Turbo overclocking, and the IceQ custom heatsink.

The rear of the box continues more detailed information about some of the features and specifications.

Inside the box, HIS has included a respectable accessory package, including a single output converter, Quick Installation Guide, and driver and utitlity disk.

LOL, thanks for the reminder of our site’s namesake. Unfortunately, there are deadline realities and there isn’t always enough time to push a card to its limit. Besides, this is a budget card, after all. Pushing it to the limit (shall I break out the LN2 on a $120 card??) will result in maybe a 15-20% increase at best, and that’s at medium resolution until the card chokes on the limited buffer. That translates to a few FPS higher in actual numbers; negligible really. While the allure of overclocking might be appealing for a review, the reality is this card (and all other budget cards) aren’t worth it. The risks aren’t worth the returns.

That’s OC’n always risk/return. While I’d say it’s reason AMD gave it the 6-pin and HIS is adding a H-P nice cooler. When it hits like $75-80 that 15% OC would root-out that GTX650 for like 30% less cash. That exactly what this card is for… if not it not worth any consideration just being stuck between a 7750 and 7770.